Shareholders of Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) looking to boost their income beyond the stock’s 2.8% annualized dividend yield can sell the July 2015 covered call at the $42 strike and collect the premium based on the 70 cents bid, which annualizes to an additional 3.1% rate of return against the current stock price (at Stock Options read »

Baseball star Randy Johnson is listing his 25,000-square-foot home in Arizona’s Paradise Valley for $25 million.

“The Big Unit” simply doesn’t need such a spacious home anymore. ”A couple of their kids have gone to school so they’re going to start to downsize,” says listing agent Robert Joffe, who confirmed that the retired read »

Had a bad day at the office or been under the thumb from a demanding boss? Well, you’re probably not alone there. But as I reflected on this following Employee Appreciation Day in the US earlier this month on 6 March – a national holiday that recognizes the value that employees bring to the workplace – I pondered if better practices in this read »

The thrill of bidding and the thump of the gavel that auctions provide don’t necessarily have to be experienced in person—the world learned that from . But Berlin-based Auctionata, which offers those experiences via live webcast, are reinforcing that truth.

The company just announced a €42 million C round of funding (that’s about $45 read »

It seems reasonable to feel like women aren’t getting nearly their due when reports show that only about a quarter of computing jobs are held by women today. Even worse, that’s down from a year ago, when it was more than a third. And several media sources reported heavy disappointment when the jury voted in favor of Kleiner Perkins in Ellen read »

I’m in Europe this week and if there’s anything that will get your brain thinking about customer service it’s travel. From the experience of 12 hours of flying to the AirBNB we arrived in once settled in Prague to the many cafes we frequented, there’s a lot to be curious about. The big question I think about is what makes some people so good at read »

Many fear the creation of monopolies and oligopolies as the cable sector consolidates, but the deal-making frenzy may actually benefit consumers, similar to a frenzy of M&A activity in the wireless sector between 2012 and 2014. read »

Judging by the official unemployment rate, the American economy is getting rapidly back on track. The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 5.5 percent in February 2015, meaning about 8.7 million people were officially unemployed. That rate has fallen dramatically from 10 percent immediately following the financial crisis and is now nearly on par with read »